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Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (15:01): Senator Pocock, I'm attending the chamber in accordance with your request. I would have been happy to have a chat. The government rejects Senator Pocock's assertion that the Prime Minister has not fully complied with the order.

We take our obligations seriously, and we comply with our obligations. Orders for the production of documents and FOIs are processed based on the terms of the request and the requirement on relevant legislation. As is appropriate, the government has devoted a significant amount of resources to processing the many orders for production and freedom of information requests it has received.

For example, the PMO has received over 140 FOI applications that all have been processed within the statutory time period. As I said, OPDs and FOI requests are processed based on their specific terms and applicable legislation.